Electrocardiographic prediction of cardiopulmonary resuscitation success

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 192-195

  Strohmenger, Hans Ulrich ^a   Wenzel, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CARDIOVERSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SWINE;

EID: 0033928161     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200006000-00009     Document Type: Review

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